Nashville Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 4 1 Detroit - Indianapolis Stars 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 9 2 BATTING Nashville Elite Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jack Ridley lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Percy Miller ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Felton Stratton cf, 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Jake Dunn 2b 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 Sam Bankhead cf, lf 5 0 0 0 0 3 1 Tommie Dukes c 4 1 1 0 0 4 1 Poindexter Williams c 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Felton Snow 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Willie Gisentaner ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Henry Wright pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nish Williams lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hoss Walker ss 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 Jim West 1b 4 0 1 2 0 14 1 Wild Bill Wright rf 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 Jim Willis p 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 2 4 2 2 4 29 10 FIELDING - DP: 1. Hoss Walker, Wild Bill Wright. E: 1. Jake Dunn. BATTING - 2B: Tommie Dukes. HBP: Wild Bill Wright. Team LOB: 7 Detroit - Indianapolis Stars AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Jerry Benjamin cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 Granville Lyons 1b 5 0 0 1 0 16 0 Jimmy Binder 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 Clarence Palm c 4 1 1 0 1 8 0 Clarence Smith rf 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 Jim Williams lf 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 Rainey Bibbs ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 Black Bottom Buford 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 5 Percy Bailey p 4 0 1 0 0 0 10 Totals 37 3 9 3 4 4 30 20 FIELDING - E: 2. Clarence Smith, Percy Bailey. BATTING - 2B: Clarence Palm, Clarence Smith. 3B: Jim Williams. SH: Jerry Benjamin. Team LOB: 10 BASERUNNING - SB: Jerry Benjamin. PITCHING Nashville Elite Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Jim Willis L 9.2 9 3 3 4 4 0 42 Totals 9.2 9 3 3 4 4 0 42 Detroit - Indianapolis Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Percy Bailey W 10 4 2 2 2 4 0 39 Totals 10 4 2 2 2 4 0 39 HBP: Percy Bailey. Data shown are Retrosheet's best estimates. Data may be estimated, incomplete, or missing. Umpires: HP - Anderson, 1B - Lucas Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 0 Retrosheet Play-by-Play Account Game of Sunday, 5/21/1933, game 1 -- Nashville Elite Giants at Detroit - India Stars (D) Starting Lineups: Nashville Detroit - India 1. J.Ridley lf J.Benjamin cf 2. J.Dunn 2b G.Lyons 1b 3. S.Bankhead cf J.Binder 3b 4. T.Dukes c C.Palm c 5. F.Snow 3b C.Smith rf 6. H.Walker ss J.Williams lf 7. J.West 1b R.Bibbs ss 8. W.Wright rf B.Buford 2b 9. J.Willis p P.Bailey p ELITE GIANTS 1ST: Play-by-play deduced from newspaper game stories and box sc; J.Ridley out on unknown play; J.Dunn out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 0. STARS 1ST: J.Benjamin singled; J.Benjamin stole second; G.Lyons hit into a double play (W.Wright to H.Walker) [J.Benjamin out at second]; J.Binder out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 0. ELITE GIANTS 2ND: T.Dukes out on unknown play; F.Snow out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 0. STARS 2ND: C.Palm out on unknown play; C.Smith doubled; J.Williams tripled [C.Smith scored]; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.Buford out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. ELITE GIANTS 3RD: J.West out on unknown play; W.Wright was hit by a pitch; J.Willis out on unknown play; J.Ridley out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. STARS 3RD: P.Bailey singled; J.Benjamin out on a sacrifice bunt (unknown fielder) [P.Bailey to second]; G.Lyons out on unknown play; J.Binder walked; C.Palm out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. ELITE GIANTS 4TH: J.Dunn reached on an error by P.Bailey [J.Dunn to first]; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play; F.Snow walked [J.Dunn to second]; H.Walker out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. STARS 4TH: C.Smith out on unknown play; J.Williams walked; R.Bibbs singled [J.Williams to second]; B.Buford out on unknown play; P.Bailey out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. ELITE GIANTS 5TH: J.West out on unknown play; W.Wright out on unknown play; J.Willis out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. STARS 5TH: J.Benjamin out on unknown play; G.Lyons reached on an error by J.Dunn [G.Lyons to first]; J.Binder out on unknown play; C.Palm out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. ELITE GIANTS 6TH: J.Ridley reached on an error by C.Smith [J.Ridley to first]; J.Dunn out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; T.Dukes out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. STARS 6TH: C.Smith out on unknown play; J.Williams singled; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; B.Buford out on unknown play; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. ELITE GIANTS 7TH: F.Snow out on unknown play; H.Walker out on unknown play; J.West out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. STARS 7TH: P.Bailey out on unknown play; J.Benjamin out on unknown play; G.Lyons out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. ELITE GIANTS 8TH: W.Wright singled; J.Willis singled [W.Wright to second]; P.MILLER BATTED FOR J.RIDLEY; P.Miller out on unknown play; J.Dunn out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. STARS 8TH: F.STRATTON REPLACED P.MILLER (PLAYING CF); S.BANKHEAD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); J.Binder out on unknown play; C.Palm walked; C.Smith walked [C.Palm to second]; J.Williams out on unknown play; R.Bibbs out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Elite Giants 0, Stars 1. ELITE GIANTS 9TH: T.Dukes doubled; W.GISENTANER BATTED FOR F.SNOW; W.Gisentaner walked; H.WRIGHT RAN FOR W.GISENTANER; H.Walker out on unknown play [T.Dukes to third, H.Wright to second]; J.West singled [T.Dukes scored, H.Wright scored]; W.Wright out on unknown play; J.Willis out on unknown play; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 2, Stars 1. STARS 9TH: P.WILLIAMS REPLACED T.DUKES (PLAYING C); F.STRATTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); S.BANKHEAD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); N.WILLIAMS REPLACED H.WRIGHT (PLAYING LF); B.Buford singled; P.Bailey out on unknown play; J.Benjamin singled [B.Buford to third]; G.Lyons out on unknown play [B.Buford scored]; J.Binder out on unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Elite Giants 2, Stars 2. ELITE GIANTS 10TH: F.Stratton out on unknown play; J.Dunn out on unknown play; S.Bankhead out on unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 2, Stars 2. STARS 10TH: C.Palm doubled to center field; C.Smith out on unknown play [C.Palm to third]; J.Williams flied to S.Bankhead [C.Palm scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Elite Giants 2, Stars 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Elite Giants 2 4 1 7 Stars 3 9 2 10
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